Today's Bible Study - Shabbat Shalom

The message from this past week's sedrah repeatedly talks about accounting. Within the first 13 months of the exodus three census are taken.

Each censsus results in the assignment of specific duty.

Does the L-rd account you? Does HaShem account you for no reason?

In the ensuing passages instruction is given for the specific duties regarding the sanctification (worship, if you will) of the name of G-d.

This too is your own purpose.

In all that you do realize that it brings glory to your Father who is in Heaven.

This is the Word of the L-RD,
Amen.
Danny

Numbers Chapter 41.

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying:2. Make a count of the sons of Kohath from among the children of Levi by their families, according to their fathers' houses. 3. From the age of thirty until the age of fifty, all who enter the service, to do work in the Tent of Meeting.4. The following is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting-the Holy of Holies.5. When the camp is about to travel, Aaron and his sons shall come and take down the dividing screen; with it, they shall cover the Ark of the Testimony. 6. They shall place upon it a covering of tachash skin and on top of that they shall spread a cloth of pure blue wool. Then they shall put its poles in place.7. They shall spread a cloth of blue wool on the Show Table and they shall place on it the forms, spoons, supports, and covering frames; the continual bread can then be placed upon it. 8. They shall spread upon them a cloth of crimson wool and cover that with a covering of tachash skin. Then they shall put its poles into place.9. They shall take a blue cloth and cover the menorah for lighting and its lamps, its tongs, and its scoops, and all its oil vessels used in performing its service.10. They shall put it and its vessels into a covering of tachash skin and place it on a pole. 11. They shall spread a cloth of blue wool over the golden altar and cover it with a covering of tachash skin, and then set its poles in place.12. They shall then take all the vessels used in the Holy, put them into a cloth of blue wool, cover them with a covering of tachash skin, and put them onto a pole.13. They shall remove the ashes from the altar and spread a cloth of purple wool over it.14. They shall place on it all the utensils with which they minister upon it: the scoops, the forks, the shovels, and the basins-all the implements of the altar. Then they shall spread over it a covering of tachash skin and set its poles into place.15. Aaron and his sons shall finish covering the Holy and all the vessels of the Holy when the camp is set to travel, and following that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry [them], but they shall not touch the sacred objects for [then] they will die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath for the Tent of Meeting.16. The charge of Eleazar the son of Aaron the kohen: oil for lighting, the incense of spices, the continual [daily] meal offering, and the anointing oil; the charge for the entire Mishkan and all that is in it, of the Holy and its furnishings. 17. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron saying:18. Do not cause the tribe of the families of Kohath to be cut off from among the Levies. 19. Do this for them, so they should live and not die, when they approach the Holy of Holies. Aaron and his sons shall first come and appoint each man individually to his task and his load.20. They shall not come in to see when the holy [vessels] are being wrapped up, lest they die.